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Chapter 5

The court gaped at the dragon before the Pharaoh managed to gather himself enough to speak. "We mean your…Creator…no harm but—" The dragon cut him off.

Do not lie to me! The dragon roared again. I have seen my Creator's memories and— Keket raised a hand, silencing it immediately. She then…smiled? "My most sincere apologies. Fukayna gets temperamental when it come to me. I don't believe I've introduced myself. My name is—" She suddenly clutched her head as the Sennen Eye, only black, appeared on her forehead. She raised her hand, struggling to close it into a fist, as if she didn't have control over her own body. But this wasn't Keket. This was some freakish demon version of her. Everything about her was tinged red. Her hair, her eyes. Even the air around her had turned slightly crimson. Her voice had become raspier as well. "Fool. She thinks she can take control from me? I never should have used her heka. It made her stronger." The red faded as the real Keket tugged control from whatever was in her head, screaming for it to get out. The Eye shattered, similar to when someone broke free from the control of the Millennium Rod. She collapsed, what seemed like shards of black glass exploded from her skin. It cut wounds into her but they healed almost immediately. As guards rushed forward to pick her up, everyone turned to look at the priest of the Millennium Rod. He shook his head. He didn't do anything. They would have seen the Eye anyways.

Night has Just Fallen Over Khemet

Keket sat bolt upright as soon as she realized she was back in the healer's hall. This also had the added bonus of scaring the life out of Mana, who had been sitting at her bedside, waithing for her to wake up. "Oh! You're awake!" Mana exclaimed, "Hi! I'm—"

"Mana, right?" Keket asked with a chuckle, "I heard." In truth, she had just gleaned the information from her mind, but no one needed to know that.

"Oh." That was all Mana could say in such awe. "What's your name?" she proceeded to ask excitedly.

"Keket," was the short reply. Mana's eyes widened and Keket braced herself for screaming. Mana screamed, but not quite in the way Keket had thought she would.

"That's awesome!" Mana yelled. She quickly lowered her voice. "Sorry. I get excited sometimes. But my best friend's name is Atemu, you know, the Crown Prince." She proceeded to ramble on about life at the palace until Keket interrupted her.

"You wouldn't happen to know any secret passageways would you?" Keket had spotted a few on her trips to the palace with 'Kura. They had gotten them out of quite a few tight spots. When Mana shook her head no, Keket led her to a passageway that led from just outside of the healer's hall and out into the the palace grounds. "Come on, I feel like some fresh air."

The Next Morning

Keket and Mana spent the night in the cool air of the palace gardens, talking about how their lives. Many things they did were similar and they found they could easily relate to one another. Keket admitted that she felt like a stranger to her own body, as the thing in side her mind had wrenched her away from the controls. Mana must have dosed off, because when she woke from the heat of Ra, she had her back to a tree.(1) Keket was also nowhere to be found. She couldn't remember ever going near a tree last night though. Just as she thought this, a head poked out from the branches, amusement dancing through her eyes. "Well. The Princess wakes. Did you ever notice how heavy you are?(2)" Keket asked casually, as if they were discussing the weather.

"I am not heavy!" Mana cried, mortally offended. At least until she realized that Keket was looking into the wind.

"A storm is brewing…(3)" Keket murmured, her voice distant, just loud enough for Mana to hear. She shook herself out of it though and turned back to Mana. "What?" she asked seeing that Mana was looking at her weirdly.

"Are there going to be floods?" Mana asked curious. "What kind of storm?"

"Not a weather storm, Mana." Keket's voice took on the same tone. "A storm of destiny. One that will decide the future of mankind." Once more, she shook herself out and turned to face Mana again. "Come on. Introduce me to your friends." And smiling, they left the gardens.

Behind them, a pair of red-brown eyes snapped open.

(1) Apparently they have trees growing in the palace gardens. Check the anime.

(2) Oh no she didn't!

(3) I read this somewhere but I have NO IDEA! where.

AN: Sorry it took so long for me to finish this. It's also really short. I had to cut it off or else it would take too long to type. I really wasn't satisfied with the chapter I had before, so I guess it was a good thing it got deleted. I will also be updating as if this never happened. Better get to work! I left you guys at a cliffy! Please don't kill me. I'll give you a dollar?